Sneha Shrikrishna Chaudhari Graduate Assistant, Phone: +1-412-218-9575 Advisor: Tom Mitchell E-mail: [email protected] LTI, Carnegie Mellon University [email protected]

EDUCATION • Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Aug 2014 - present Masters in Language Technologies, Language Technologies Institute CGPA: 3.55/4 • Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Aug 2009 - Jul 2011 Master of Engineering in and Automation CGPA: 6.6/8 (FIRST CLASS) • University of Pune (MIT, Pune) Aug 2005 - Jul 2009 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering Grades: 68.6% (DISTINCTION)

RESEARCH • Machine Learning and Data Mining - Unsupervised and Semi-supervised learning, Statistical Tech- INTERESTS niques for Large Scale Learning, Probabilistic Graphical Models, Matrix Factorization Techniques • Applications - Recommendation Systems, Information Extraction, Natural Language Processing

PUBLICATIONS • ‘Improving Distant Supervision for Information Extraction Using Label Propagation Through Lists’ In Empirical Methods and Natural Language Processing(EMNLP), 2015 • ‘FoodSIS: A Text Mining System to Improve the State of Food Safety in Singapore’ In International ACM Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining(KDD), 2014 • ‘Average Overlap for Clustering Incomplete Data using Symmetric Non-Negative Matrix Factorization’ In International Conference on Pattern Recognition(ICPR), 2014 • ‘Unsupervised Focus Group Identification from Online Product Reviews’ In International Conference on Pattern Recognition(ICPR), 2014 • ‘Learning from Positive and Unlabeled Examples using Maximum Margin Clustering’. In International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP), 2012 • ‘Multi-Regularization for Fuzzy Co-clustering’. In International Conference on Neural Information Pro- cessing (ICONIP), 2013 • ‘A Practical Approach for Target Tracking in Sparsely Deployed Binary Sensor Network’. In IEEE Interna- tional Symposium on Modeling and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems(MASCOTS), 2012 2 citations: http://goo.gl/EuyZN1 • ‘Efficient target tracking through binary-detection in sparsely deployed WSN’. In International IEEE Conference Communication System and Networks (COMSNETS), 2011 8 citations: http://goo.gl/FofyRf • ‘Entry-Exit Based Target Tracking using Non-Overlapping Sensor Deployment’. In Student Research Symposium of International IEEE Conference High Performance Computing(HiPC), 2010 2 citations: http://goo.gl/T9h4r0 Best Paper Award

INVENTION • ‘System and Method for Probing Customers and Making Offers in Interactive Settings’. DISCLOSURES • ‘Unsupervised Detection of Representative Reviewers from Product Reviews’.

HONORS AND • James . Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow, 2015 AWARDS • Best Paper Award in (HiPC)-SRS, 2010 • Won first prize in B.E. project competition by Computer Society of India, 2009 • Cleared Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE) with 99.6%(All India Rank 172 out of 43,170 students who appeared for CS), 2009 • Cleared National Talent Search Examination(NTSE) by NCERT and got qualified for the award of scholarship, only 500 students were selected from India out of more than 1,50,000 WORK • Graduate Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University Sep 2014 - present EXPERIENCE – Semi-Supervised Learning using Programming with Personalized PageRank(ProPPR) – News Article Recommendation using Never Ending Language Learner(NELL) • Engineer, IBM Research Lab, India Sep 2011 - Feb 2014 – Food Safety Information System(FoodSIS) – Directed Customer Probing(DCP) – Recruitment Analytics (RA) • Summer Intern, IBM Research Lab, India May - Aug 2011 – Multi-Regularized Fuzzy Co-clustering

RELEVANT Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Machine Learning for Large Datasets, Machine Learning for Text COURSE WORK Mining, Structured Prediction, Algorithms for Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Convex Optimization, Linear Algebra, Design and Analysis of Algorithms

COMPUTER • /Tools: SPSS, DB2, UNICA, ILOG, WAS (IBM), LS-SVMLab, LIBSVM, SVM-Light, RankSVM PROFICIENCY (libraries for SVM), SeDuMi, Mosek, Cplex, Matlab optimization toolbox (Optimization Tools) • Scientific Computing: Matlab, Octave • Programming language: , C++, Java, Python

SELECTED • News Article Recommendation using NELL RESEARCH (with Prof. Tom Mitchell, Machine Learning Dept, Carnegie Mellon University) PROJECTS -A knowledge graph based news article recommendation system - Finds relations between article entities and entities of user interest - Work presented at Yahoo Summer Science Week, 2015 • Semi Supervised Learning using ProPPR (with Prof. William Cohen, Machine Learning Dept, Carnegie Mellon University) - SSL methods as logic programs in ProPPR, a probabilistic first-order language - Soft constraints incorporated by specifying behavior of random walks through a graph of classifiers - Work published in EMNLP, 2015 • Food Safety Information System(FoodSIS) (with Dr. Jayant Kalagnanam, IBM T J Watson Center, USA) - Aims to monitor, analyze, forecast and report environmental concerns - Currently used by National Environmental Agency(NEA), Singapore - Work published in KDD, 2014 • Directed Customer Probing(DCP) (with Dr. Vinayaka Pandit, Dr. Rohit Lotlikar, IBM Research Lab, India) - Real time, dynamic recommendation system for directed customer probing and product offering - Demonstration of approach in a banking scenario with a 3 month pilot and 20% increase in offer sales • Automatic Focus Group Identification from Online Product Reviews (with Dr. Rashmi Gangadhariah, Dr. Balakrishnan Narayanswamy, IBM Research Lab, India) - First attempt at defining and handling the problem of identifying focus group members automatically for reviewing a new product before release - Unsupervised detection by building a probabilistic generative model from online product reviews of existing products - Work published in ICPR, 2014 • Average Overlap for Clustering Incomplete Data using SNMF (with Prof. M. Narasimha Murty, CSA, IISc, India) - Average Overlap statistical technique and Symmetric Non-Negative Matrix Factorization for clustering incomplete data - Work published in ICPR, 2014 • Learning from Positive and Unlabeled Examples Masters Thesis: Guide: Prof. Shirish K. Shevade, CSA, IISc, India - Applications: Relevance Feedback Technique, Spam Email Filtering - Proposed two approaches using: i)Maximum Margin Clustering ii)Constrained Logistic Regression with Majorization-Minimization algorithm - Work published in ICONIP, 2012 • Cost efficient target tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks (with Dr. Vaishali Sadaphal, TRDDC, Pune, India and Prof. R. K. Ghosh, IIT, Kanpur, India) - Use of naive binary sensors to propose a cost efficient method for target tracking - Contributed to formulation and implementation of problem as a QCLP optimization problem - Work published in HiPC(2010), COMSNETS(2011), MASCOTS(2012) RESUME

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EDUCATION 2016 (expected) Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA Master degree in Information Systems Management Relevant courses: Professional Speaking, Object Oriented Programming with Java, Economic Analysis, Business English Awards: James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow 2015-2016, #2nd place in Keith Block Entrepreneurial Contest 2015

2011 Vilnius University Vilnius, LTU

Bachelor degree in Economics Relevant courses: E-commerce, Informatics, ICT, Microeconomics, Statistics, Macroeconomics, Management, Yearly Paper on E-commerce in Lithuania. Internship at PathMotion in France and Exchange studies in South Korea.

2007 Vilnius Lyceum Vilnius, LTU Graduation diploma with honors from the leading high school in Lithuania.

EXPERIENCE 2011 October – 2015 August nSoft Ltd. Vilnius, LTU Project Manager  Completed project planning phase in Lithuania’s information system for SNOMED CT project, which are to be used by Lithuanian medics.  Coordinated software development projects of leisure industry ERP: direct debit payments, API for online payments, app payments, reports on sales and visitor traffic, printable forms for coupons and invitations.  Finished 14 projects of developing ERP and access control systems.

2011 February – 2011 May PathMotion S.A.S. Paris, FR Marketing and Product Development Intern  Improved the product – a website of career advice services – by offering and testing new features.  Researched business environment, looked for new academic partners.

2007 September – 2010 April VU Students‘ Representation Vilnius, LTU Member and Coordinator  Fundraised more than USD 30,000 as Coordinator of Career Days’11 Sales.  Was in the organizing body of 12 social and entrepreneurial projects.  Was elected as Chairman of Parliament, the highest governing body of the organization, and initiated changes in its administrative work

TECHNICAL Programming (, PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, JAVA) and working with Axure RP, SKILLS UML, MS Office and Adobe Photoshop.

SPECIAL  Board member of Vilnius Lyceum Alumni Association’13-15. ACTIVITIES  Participated in Mission Siberia’11 – popular patriotic social project for the purpose to educate youth about history of Lithuanians’ deportations.

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Education CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY Pittsburgh, PA Masters of Science in Engineering and Technology Innovation Management. GPA – 3.91/4 May 2016 § Courses: New Product Management, Strategy & Management, Strategic Marketing, Finance, and Managerial Economics. § Project: Process Based Cost Modeling (Tesla Batteries, Gigafactory) and Demand Analysis (Tesla Vehicles). § Project: Built a commercialization strategy for a new product idea in soft electronics. Presented to 30+ angel investors.

Masters of Science in Electrical & . GPA – 3.91/4 May 2016 § Courses: Machine Learning, Mobile Pervasive Computing, Web Development, Computer Systems, and Mobile Security. § Research Assistant: Built an Android App for a next generation speech recognition & dialogue management technology. § Project: Designed an electronic marketplace to bid and negotiate for resources for a cross-layered wireless system.

UNIVERSITY OF PUNE (Vishwakarma Institute of Technology) Pune, India Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science. GPA (WES) - 3.99/4 May 2013 § Android application development instructor, Football team & Women’s Sports Chair.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON – (London School Of Economics) London, UK Bachelors of Science Economics and Management (Distance Learning, 2 courses pending) May 2016

Experience VERIZON (Big Data Lab) Palo Alto, CA Product Management Intern Summer 2015 Location Data Monetization Strategy § Analyzed the technology (GPS, Beacons, Cell towers &Wi-Fi) and the market (startups to large cooperation’s) to originate 5 competitive product strategies to monetize location data. Drafted the product features and technical requirements. § $6.6M development budget or an acquisition is being finalized for one of the selected product strategies. Growing Verizon’s Advertising Scale (Led team of 3 interns) § Implemented algorithms that will enable Verizon to target their Non-Opt Out customers growing Ad scale by 7.4X. § Crafted a method to increase or decrease the number of people reached by varying the accuracy of the target audience.

KREATE LABS INC. Mountain View, CA/ Pune, India Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (5 employees) June 2014 – Sept 2015 § Led the product development for a 3D printing marketplace (www.kreatelabs.com). Key features of the web-platform are in-browser 3D model editing, instant quotations and automatic printer selection from our network of 450+ 3D printers. § Built a business development plan to leverage aggregators using our pricing API. Led operations with 9 customers in USA. § Global sales of $75K+ have been achieved with large orders from TVH (Belgium) and Freescale Semiconductors (USA).

DELOITTE CONSULTING INDIA PVT. LTD. Mumbai, India Business Technology Analyst Jan 2014 - Aug 2014 § Analyzed SNAP and TANF policies of Kentucky State, and coordinated the development of the business rules. § Conducted gap analysis of the financial and non-financial modules to evaluate the reusability of the existing solutions. § Performed risk analysis for integration of the architecture and designed the entity relationship module for the system.

NVIDIA CORPORATION Pune, India

System Intern (20-30 hours/week). Best senior project award May 2012 - May 2013 § Conceptualized and developed a ‘Camera Splitter’ in the NVIDIA Camera-HAL that enabled for the first time simultaneous HD video recordings at different resolutions, bit-rates, and frames per seconds (FPS) via a single camera. § Optimized the solution by enhancing the Multimedia frameworks (OpenMAX and Stagefright) at various layers. § Built Android applications that proved that the multiple video recording feature, would allow simultaneous capture (save to device) and upload (stream online) of videos, and the reduce lag faced during multiparty videoconferencing.

GENERAL MOTORS (Command Centre) Detroit, MI Crisis & Supply Chain Management Intern Summer 2012 § Resolved critical supply chain (Excedy America & Yushin Korea) bottleneck issues to ensure zero impact on GM plants. § Identified 3 suppliers with unique union affiliations; It will help GM act proactively in incase of a union strike. § Coordinated with 13 plant managers to develop plans to safeguard the plants from the Longshoremen East Coast strike.

TATA TOYO Pune, India Business Analyst Intern Summer 2010 § Performed market research and evolved a business case to establish a shared R&D center with a Japanese firm -TRAD. § Identified the products suitable for the Indian market. Projected return on investment for the technology partnership.

DRISHAAN (Nonprofit) Pune, India Volunteer (5 hours/week) 2010-2013 § Led a key role in organizing an eye-camp, which reached out to over 800 under-privileged visually impaired people. § Revamped patient registration process for eye-camps & vaccination drives by designing a database management system.

Awards and Skills

Awards: James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow (2015), CMU Fellowship (2015), Eta Kappa Nu (2015), SWE Fellowship (2014).

Technical Skills: Advanced: - Java, C and Android. Intermediate: - R, Python, SQL, Corticon, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. THE CONDENSED VITAE OF DEREK A. GREGG

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Consultant 09/2015 - Present Applied DNA Sciences APDN uses DNA to offer advanced and proven anti-counterfeit technology, product authentication, brand authentication, taggants and unique crime fighting products. • Transitioning DNA manufacturing from Vandalia Research to APDN facility. Chief Executive Officer 07/2012 - Present Crosscutting Concepts Crosscutting Concepts develops, manufactures, and markets innovative hands-on science education products for high school and post-secondary education. Key product lines include the Mystery of Lyle & Louise forensic science kits and Desolation: STEM kits. • Developed and brought to market over 20 hands-on science education kits. • Manage distribution channels throughout North America with all major suppliers (Amazon.com, Fisher, VWR, Carolina, Nasco, School Specialty). • Secured $300k in debt and equity financing to fund product development and marketing. • Conducted professional development for teacher end-users at numerous conferences and workshops. Chief Executive Officer 06/2010 – 09/2015 Vandalia Research Chief Operating Officer 01/2009 – 06/2010 Vandalia Research VP, Business Development 01/2006 – 01/2009 Vandalia Research Director, Business Development 03/2004 – 01/2006 Vandalia Research Vandalia Research was the first company to successfully scale the polymerase chain reaction from an analytical tool to a viable large-scale DNA manufacturing process. Company acquired by Applied DNA Sciences in 2015. • Co-inventor of the Triathlon PCR-based DNA production technology; exclusively licensed from Marshall University. Inventor on U.S. Patents 8,163,489; 8,293,471; 8,986,982. Additional international patents. • Authored business plan and raised over $2.5MM in angel and venture capital financing. Secured $1.05MM Department of Defense appropriation for DNA vaccine research using pandemic influenza as a model. • Negotiated and secured all major contracts and sales to the company. On average, doubled revenues each year from 2008-2012, while maintaining 60% GPM. In 2012, grew sales 460% compared to 2011 with 74% GPM. • Managed and attended multiple tradeshows and conferences in the U.S. and abroad. Significant international experience in Europe and Asia. Company received “International Market Entry” awards from state of West Virginia for new international export activities in Canada, Japan, the UK, Austria, Norway, Germany and Italy. • Managed staff of up to 20 and built manufacturing capability, including implementation of QA/QC system for DNA production.

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Research Associate 06/2003 – 08/2005 Marshall University Grant-funded position to develop DNA production technology later spun-out to Vandalia Research, Inc.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES Chair 10/2009 – 07/2015 Bioscience Association of West Virginia Founding chair of the association, acting as an advocate and spokesperson for the bioscience industry in West Virginia. . Organized and hosted First Annual West Virginia Biosciences Summit in 2011. . Attracted nearly 200 registered attendees from around the region. . Recruited multiple out-of-state biosciences companies to exhibit. . Spoke on behalf of the organization to state and local media. . Lobbied WV legislature in support of high-growth business investment incentives. . Represented WV and Vandalia Research at BIO Convention. . Member of the BIO Council of State Biotechnology Associations (CSBA). . Raised over $200k in grant funding in first years to fund operations of organization.

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS Scientific Presentations . 2nd Vaccine Congress, Boston. Large-Scale Linear DNA Vaccine Production Technology. December 2008. . International DNA Vaccine Conference, Las Vegas. Large-Scale Linear DNA Vaccine Production Technology. December 2008. Publications . Globus, T.R.; Norton, M.L.; Lvovska, M.I.; Gregg, D.A.; Khromova, T.B.; Gelmont, B.L. Reliability Analysis of THz Characterization of Modified and Unmodified Vector Sequences. Sensors Journal, IEEE. Mar 2010. . Shen X.; Söderholm J.; Lin F.; Kobinger G.; Bello A.; Gregg D.A.; Broderick K.E.; Sardesai N.Y. Influenza A vaccines using linear expression cassettes delivered via electroporation afford full protection against challenge in a mouse model. Vaccine. Nov 2012.

EDUCATION MBA Candidate 08/2015 – Present Carnegie Mellon University . James R. Swartz Entreprenurial Fellow . First Place, 2015 Hack-A-Startup Competition . Concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Strategy Integrated Sci. and Tech. 08/2002 – 12/2009 Marshall University . B.S. with a focus in Software Development. Minor in Mathematics. . Additional coursework in entrepreneurship, biotechnology, and forensics . WV Undergraduate Researcher of the Year, 2005 . WV Certificate of Achievement in Scientific Research, 2004

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6348 Marchand St. Apt. 5 Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Simon R. Kalouche H (267) 799 3200 B [email protected] Curriculum Vitæ YouTube Page

Education May 5th, 2016 M.S. Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University: Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science, Pittsburgh, PA, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow. GPA: 4.08 (4.00) May 4th, 2014 B.S. Honors Mechanical Engineering | Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. GPA: 3.84 (4.00) Recipient of Ohio State’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Engineering Experience Sept. 2014 - HEBI Robotics, Startup Company founded by 5 members of CMU’s Biorobotics Lab. Present Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow and Researcher Currently In Progress: { Product Development: Design & Testing for new modular actuators. { Involed in constumer/sales acquisition, marketing, advertising, investor meetings, and manufacturing { In charge of the manufacturing process for series-elastic actuators (GD&T, part quoting, scheduling) August 2014 - Biorobotics Lab, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Present NDSEG Graduate Research Fellow Advisor: Dr. Howie Choset. Research Currently In Progress: { Control of Snake Monster, a reconfigurable, multi-modal, mobile-manipulation, legged robot (hexapod/quadruped/biped) that uses modular series-elastic joint actuators. video { Lead, manage, & advise the Snake Monster team consisting of 5-7 undergrad and masters students { Designer of CMU Puma, a highly dynamic quadruped robot designed for maneuverability & agility. - Developed high-bandwidth, high torque density, low-impedance, force-controlled actuators. { Design of novel robotic actuators (variable stiffness actuators, continuously variable transmission). May 2013- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. August 2014 Robotics Engineering Intern (JPLSIP) in the Extreme Environment Robotics Group (347C) (Year-long Advisor: Dr. Aaron Parness. Detailed Achievements: internship) { Designer (mechanical, electrical, & software) of ACRobot: a gecko-adhesive enabled climbing robot prototype for inspection of the ISS. Received multiple awards on ACRobot’s design (see below) { ACRobot has flown successfully on NASA’s Zero-Gravity flights (Vomit Comet) and been tested on several spacecraft materials & solar panels. video August 2013– Design Innovation & Simulation Laboratory, The Ohio State University – MechE Dept.. June 2014 Student Researcher Advisor: Dr. Haijun Su. Detailed Achievements: { Awarded NASA JPL Center Innovation Fund (CIF) used to established OSU/NASA-JPL research collaboration to continue development of ACRobot. { Used NASA CIF to lead the development of DISL’s rapid prototyping lab (installed 3D printers, laser cutter, CNC mill, shape deposition manufacturing (SDM) lab, and machining/electronics tools) September eNNOVEA life-medical, Senior Capstone Design project, The Ohio State University. 2013 – Mechanical and Electrical Hardware Lead Detailed Achievements: June 2014 { Designed smart, connected, IoT devices focused on helping elderly patients remember to take their assortment of daily pills on time. { Electromechanical design of an automatic pill grinder and smart pill-storage unit August 2011- U.S.A.F Special Ops Agile Rugged Terrain Vehicle Team, The Ohio State University. May 2013 Co-Founder & Student Researcher Advisor: Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, Dr. Umit Ozguner. Detailed Achievements: { Submitted a technical/business proposal for contract with the U.S. Air Force; Awarded $250,000 { Designed & built a prototype autonomous vehicle capable of transporting two soldiers over moun- tainous terrain. Vehicle design incorporates (patent-pending) control momentum gyroscope (CMG) stabilization system, projected to out perform all current off-road vehicles { Honors Undergraduate Research Thesis: CMG Stabilization and Maneuverability of Inherently Unstable Vehicles & Mobile Robots video (http://hdl.handle.net/1811/59568) - Control/Simulations: CMG control for bicycle stabilization & advanced maneuvers (e.g. wheelies) Winter 2012 General Electric Aviation, Department: Military Life Management. Mechanical Engineering Intern Detailed Achievements: { Conducted Finite Element Stress, Heat, & Fracture Mechanics models to calculate expected life of compressor & turbine F110 military engine components. Used life analysis calculations to optimize weight & material costs of critical high performing engine stages { Graduated GE Jet Engine Teardown School: assemble CF34 commercial turbofan jet engine. September Ohio State Buckeye Bullet 3 Team, Student operated applied engineering team. 2010 – Student Mechanical Engineer Detailed Achievements: June 2012 { 3rd Generation Buckeye Bullet uses two custom Venturi electric motors powered by LI-ON batteries; designed to safely exceed 450 mph (world record) link 1, link 2 { AC Induction Motor analysis and perfomance simulation. Generated thermal model for safely maximizing motor output to acheive 3000 hp, 2800 Nm torque, and 2,200 kW power. { Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of driver cage, steel space frame chassis, & carbon-fiber monocoque Summer 2011 Tube City IMS, A global consultant of mill services thru all phases of steel production. Financial Engineering Intern Detailed Achievements: { Programmed an intricate, multi-function Excel macro (VBA) automating the development and status upkeep of large financial models. Includes contract status tracking, mapping of site locations, automatic currency converter, financial model summarizations, & automatic executive PowerPoint generation of key financials Summer 2010 Strauss Engineering, Injection Molding Manufacturing. Quality Control Engineering Intern Detailed Achievements: { Programmed a quality control system that inspects color of products via photo-spectrometer and returns a pass or fail dependent on certain tolerance libraries of light wavelength specific to each part. Program suggests corrections to injection molding press formula when parts fail. September The Ohio State University College of Engineering. 2011 – Undergraduate Teaching/Research Assistant Detailed Achievements: June 2014 { Teaching Assistant (3 years) for students in honors design, programming, & robotics courses { Student Machine Shop Supervisor { Student researcher at OSU’s Center for Automotive Research (CAR), Control and Intelligent Transportation Research (CITR) lab, & the Design Innovation & Simulation Lab (DISL) Side Projects 2014-Present AutoPilot Robotics, Smart automotive devices (not officially registered). Co-Founder, Mechanical/Hardware Engineer Detailed Achievements: { Developing modular hardware and smart-phone based software systems for retro-fitting any vehi- cle with semi-autonomous, self-driving capabilities. Currently in research & development phase. Developing cruise control and traffic taxiing systems for autonomous highway steering. { Created by 5 Carnegie Mellon Masters Robotics Students in 2014. Computer Skills CAD/CAM: SolidWorks, CamBam, Altium Programming: MATLAB, Simulink/SimMechanics, Arduino (C), Mathematica, LabView, Microsoft VBA, Python, C/C++ FEA/CFD: Abaqus, ADAMS, COSMOL Miscellaneous: LaTeX, MS Office, Logic Pro Studio Additional Skills, Interests, and Hobbies { Fabrication: Traditional Machining, CNC, 3D-Printing, Shape Deposition Manufacturing (SDM), Laser Cutting, Welding, Injection Molding { Electronic Prototyping: PCB Design, Microcontrollers, Embedded System Design Honors, Awards, and Achievements { Awarded National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) { Awarded James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellowship Swartz Fellowship Page { Awarded NASA Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship { Awarded NASA JPL Center Innovation Fund, 2014 { Awarded best applied paper at IEEE SSRR 2015 { Awarded 1st place in Carnegie Mellon’s Mechatronics 2015 Competition, $5k prize. { Awarded 1st place in Ohio State’s 2014 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum $1k prize { Recipient of Ohio State’s 2014 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award { Awarded 2nd place in 2014 ASME Student Robot Design Competition (Buffalo, NY) { Recipient of Honorable Mention for 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF) { Awarded NASA JPL Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), 2013 & 2014 { Awarded 1st place in The Ohio State Entrepreneurship New Venture Creation com- petition. Founded a Student based Summer Moving and Storage Service company Media { Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (WGN TV): MSI’s Robot Block Party! { IEEE Spectrum: Video Thursday: Snake Monster on Stairs { IEEE Spectrum: Video Monday: Robot Snake Monster { Reuters: Serpent robot evolves into Snake Monster { CNET: ‘Snake Monster’ robot has snake-bots for legs { Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: CMU innovation means robots can be quickly customized { Ohio State Department of Mechanical Engineering:Accomplished Senior Simon Kalouche Earns Two Awards for Graduate Level Study { Ohio State Department of Mechanical Engineering:Kalouche Earns First Place Award at Denman Research Forum Conference Talks [5] 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics. Purdue, IN, USA.

[5] 2015 Dynamic Walking Conference. Columbus, OH, USA.

[4] 2015 Adaptive Motions for Animals and Machines (AMAM). Boston, MA, USA.

[3] 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals. Pomona, CA, USA.

[1] 2014 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Chicago, IL, USA.

[2] 2014 ASME International Design and Engineering Technical Conference: Mechanisms and Robotics. Buffalo, NY, USA.

Publications [1] S. Kalouche, D. Rollinson, H. Choset. "Modularity for Maximum Mobility and Manipulation: Control of a Reconfigurable Legged Robot with Series-Elastic Actuators", IEEE/Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics 2015, West Lafayette, IN 2015. (Awarded Best Paper)

[2] A. Parness, R. Smith, C. Fuller, N. Wiltsie, S. Kalouche, D. Ruffato, M. Dadkhah, J. Karras, K. Carpenter, M. Spenko. "Zero Gravity Robotic Mobility Experiments with Electrostatic and Gecko-Like Adhesives Aboard NASA’s Zero Gravity Airplane", 66th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, Israel. 2015.

[3] S. Kalouche, N. Wiltsie, H. Su, A. Parness. "Inchworm Style Gecko Adhesive Climbing Robot", IEEE/International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Chicago, USA 2014.

[4] H. Yetkin, S. Kalouche, M. Vernier, G. Colvin, K. Redmill, U. Ozguner, et. al. "Gyroscopic Stabilization of an Unmanned Bicycle", IEEE/American Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2014.

[5] Kalouche, Simon. "Control Moment Gyroscope Stabilization and Maneuverability of Inherently Unstable Vehicles and Mobile Robots", Honors Undergraduate Research Thesis, The Ohio State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Columbus, Ohio 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/59568

[6] S. Kalouche. "Design of a Zero-Gravity Climbing Robot Using ON/OFF Gecko Adhesives.", Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal, Pasadena, California. Winter 2015. crystalaurelia.com EDUCATION [email protected] LinkedIn: crystalalin Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA 408.621.3691 M.A. in Design | Expected Spring 2016 1-year in depth study of design, focused on developing solid interaction design skill sets and mastering design thinking techniques for product/service development. Organizations: James R. Swartz Entreprenuer Fellow, Lunar Gala.

Parsons The New School for Design - New York, NY Intensive Studies | Summer 2015 Graphic Design 3-Week Intensive working with Adobe Creative Suite tools. Fashion Sewing and Construction 3-Week Intensive to create rack-ready garment.

University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA B.S. in Computer Science | Spring 2011 Award: 2nd Place in KIEUL Viterbi Senior Engineering Design Expo. Scholarship: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. Delta Phi Kappa: Head Web-Master and Pledge Social Chair. CRYSTAL.AURELIA.LIN

SKILLS WORK EXPERIENCE

Interaction Design Yapstone, Inc. – San Francisco, CA Sketch Software Engineer | June 2011 – June 2015 Illustrator • Involved in experimental team for platform re-architecture and implementation of a Photoshop flexible to address concerns in scalability of existing systems. HTML5 • Produced requirements and designed new API payment channels through mobile CSS and SMS. Spearheaded custom integration features with a major client. InDesign • Researched data for visitor traffic conversion rates, email click-throughs, customer After Effects retention rates, and user page-flows for development of new UI. • Played key role as front and backend developer to launch new updated UI for Product Management client-interfacing platform, which brought in $2 million in additional revenue. Main- Agile Development tained tasks and development plan for the engineers on team. Product Requirements • Used agile development and scrum methodology to meet production cycles. Product Specs Scrum Methodology The Sixth Tractate – San Francisco, CA Wireframes and Mockups Fashion Blogger | December 2012 – August 2013 Quality Assurance • Started and operated fashion blog as creative director. Reached up to 100k A/B Testing Instagram followers, 600 page views per blog post. • Editor’s Favorite as Lucky Magazine Contributor, regular pick in Teen Vogue Fash- Programming ion Click publications, winner to Lucky FABB Conference in 2013. Java Javascript Altos Design Automation / Cadence Design Systems – San Jose, CA JQuery Software Developer Intern | Summer 2009 Angular JS • Responsible for enhancing LCPlot (Library Characterization Plot), a waveform Node.js viewer, by visualizing data file and highlighting selected data on graph. C / C++ • Used Open GL X11/Motif toolkit for graphic user interface and learned C-Shell scripting on platform to expedite tasks. Data Analytics • Company was acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 2011. MySQL SQL Victoria’s Secret – San Jose, CA T-SQL Sales Associate | Summer 2007 Excel • Provided customer service and floor coverage, working to meet sales goals and Google Analytics promote brand loyalty. [email protected] 240.460.9051 LISA OTTO www.lisaot.to

Professional Experience Education

June 2014 – Present September 2015 to May 2017 (expected) Freelance UI/UX Designer Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | MDes Interaction Design Worked with clients to define user requirements, built prototypes for testing with internal stakeholders and users, designed mocks with development-ready September 2006 to June 2010 specifications Carleton College, Northfield, MN | Select clients include: Underdog.io BA Cinema and Media Studies Magna Cum Laude August 2014 – June 2015 ZenoRadio | UX Designer (Contract) Skills &Technology Developed product plan in collaboration with development team, designed • User Research, User Testing, Wireframes, interfaces for web and Android/iPhone applications, advocated for user-centered Prototyping (with Invision, paper, etc), strategy, built prototypes and conducted testing with users Heuristic Evaluations

March 2013 to May 2014 • HTML5/CSS3 (CSS preprocessing SCSS/Compass) NCTA | Interactive Designer • CS Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, As sole in-house designer, worked with digital team to upgrade existing web After Effects properties to new responsive designs, collaborated with internal and external developers, content creators, and project stakeholders to determine project requirements and user needs, built wireframes and UI mock-ups based on Aw a r d s context-specific requirements, performed front-end coding to develop designs GD USA Inhouse Design Awards (2014)

January 2012 to May 2014 Internet Design | 2014.thecableshow.com Parsley & Sprouts, LLC | Partner/Designer Featured on thebestdesigns.com, Founded web studio serving small business and creative industry clients — guided bestwebgallery.com, webdesignledger.com, clients often unfamiliar with best practices for web through content strategy and abduzeedo.com, cssdesignawards.com (2013) site architecture, designed concepts and UI mock-ups tailored to client’s brand booksatwork.org strategy, performed quality assurance testing throughout development process to ensure sites met technology requirements and maintained cross- GD USA Graphic Design Awards (2013) browser compatibility Internet Design | bandrautotrucksalvage.com

Select clients include: Books@Work, David Lefkowitz, DDUGOFF GD USA Inhouse Design Awards (2012) Internet Design | lakeregionmedical.com June to September 2010 Minneapolis Institute of Arts | Graphic Design & Marketing Intern

Designed public program collateral for tours and events, developed marketing campaign targeting youth attendance of lectures IVAN PISTSOV 2130 Wightman Street, Apt.6 (412) 304-5654 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 [email protected]

EDUCATION CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Pittsburgh, PA Master of Business Administration – MBA 5/17  James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow  Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Operations Management  Data Analytic Club, Graduate Entrepreneurship Club

URAL STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Ekaterinburg, Russia Bachelor of Science in Finance and Banking GPA: 3.7/4.0 5/02

EXPERIENCE AMEGA ENGINEERING (Production of industrial automation systems) Ekaterinburg, Russia Director, Co-founder 09/11-4/15  Result Driven: Re-organized internal business processes, passed regular tasks to less qualified personnel and employed best engineers with most challenging ones so the company could obtain a scalable structure that allowed it to handle very diverse and complicated projects  Problem Solving: Identified serial processes to outsource, went on the Guangzhou Trade Exhibition in China and found contractors for cases, PCBs and assemblers, which divided expenses on our serial products by half  Leadership: Managed a team of 4 engineers of the base team and 8 temporary employees - engineers, technology experts and millwrights - whom we attracted part-time to keep our fixed expenses low  Client Development: Increased a year turnover from $200k to $2m in 3 years through personal sales on the executive level and negotiating new contracts with current customers

VODA ACADEMICHESKAYA (Production and distribution of drinking water) Ekaterinburg, Russia Co-founder 8/12-6/15  : Managed several construction teams to build up a workshop, and millwrights to settle a production line for bottled water, with a record of 6 months from a bare land to completed production facility  Business Development: Optimized production and distribution processes that led to more efficient use of time by production employees and reduced idle-running of expeditors  Organization: Reduced time to settle all legal issues, including conducting necessary tests and obtaining certificates and other mandatory paperwork, from 1 year to 6 months

URAL CARGO SERVICE (International airplane delivery of fashion goods) Ekaterinburg, Russia Director, Co-founder 9/03-03/09  Initiative: Started a company from scratch with $0 investment, contracted agents in Italy, UAE and in Russia and convinced our first clients to try our service  Marketing: Attracted more than 30 customers ranging from small boutiques to large fashion groups from more than 20 cities across Russia through phone negotiations and personal meetings  Client Relations: Managed client service, attained trusting customer and personal relationships with most owners and CEO's  Process improvement: Automated business processes, developed an initial MS Access data base, and supervised it's transfer to a new framework and further development of the software

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  Languages: English, Russian (native)  Civil Leadership: Actively participated in organization of fair elections aimed to give a right of voice to oppositional parties despite severe contractions from pro-Putin authorities  Volunteering: Participated in several civil anti-corruption projects aimed to control government and municipal expenses; Organized and participated in projects supporting orphanages in Ekaterinburg and surroundings  Interests: A marathon cyclist: Pittsburgh-DC (335 ml in 36 hrs), Ekaterinburg - Genova, Italy (3700 ml 33 days)  Technology: Recurrent translator for popular Russian tech blog, focused on articles about future and tech 630 Maryland Avenue #3B | Pittsburgh, PA 15232 JOSHUA MORGAN SIRCHIO 203.536.0825 | [email protected]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spring Marketplace Nashville, TN First Hire, First Growth Market November 2013 – June 2015 • Management and Teambuilding: Owned Nashville strategies for merchant acquisition, customer enrollment, and market monetization; reported directly to Founder; scaled 42-employee Chicago office to 5 employees in Nashville. • Strategic Thinking: Led company pivot in focus from loyalty to insights, tightening average sale cycle by 33%, increasing monthly sales volume 150%, and prompting investors to second round of convertible debt funding. • Iterative Design: Mapped out company-wide sales process, client onboarding strategy and sales/program manager division of duties with Founder and Vice President of Sales. • Growth Hacking: Structured incentives for staff of client merchants, resulting in enrollment of 150,000 customers. • Sales Experience: Responsible for 70%+ of Nashville sales revenue, 25%+ of company sales revenue in FY2014. • Results Focus: Signed first multi-location corporate account to company portfolio (Taziki’s, 46 locations).

NATIVE Magazine Nashville, TN Founding Team, Product & Business Development October 2011 – November 2013 • Value Opportunity Analysis: Led all project management efforts for NATIVE’s physical, digital and event products. • Organizational Leadership: Drove to profitability by 4th monthly issue by managing production cycle, distribution and 6-member sales team. • Business Development: Secured key partnerships with Nashville Mayor’s Office, Nashville Symphony, Frist Center for the Visual Arts and others to establish NATIVE as leading authority in changing cultural landscape. • Creativity: Leveraged capital to offset overhead by opening MOONBASE, a 3,000 sq. ft. shared workspace. • Initiative: Created and signed $200,000 worth of ad campaigns via self-generated leads within first year.

Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics Nashville, TN Healthcare Market Analyst, Business Development July 2010 – October 2011 • Lean Methodology: Modeled new core of business in a suite of subscription services and proprietary products. • Analytical Skills: Informed health policy outcomes in 10 states by researching, co-writing, and presenting papers. • Efficiency: Redesigned website, created and maintained databases and increased total sales revenue by 25% in first year.

EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University – Integrated Innovation Institute Pittsburgh, PA James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow Expected 2016 Master of Integrated Innovation for Products & Services • Discipline: Awarded Innovation in Action Grant to continue developing final glass cleanup solution. • Human-Centric Design: Winner among 25 entrants in College of Engineering’s annual Impact-a-thon competition. • Intellectual Curiosity: Inspired ongoing faculty research with thesis on academic entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Bachelor of Arts: Political Science and English & History 2010 Minor: Corporate Strategy • Hustle: 2010 Senator of the Year, Vanderbilt Student Government (inaugural winner) • Lateral Leadership: Created Student-Run Business Program, securing 2 campus facilities and $30,000 University budget allocation to promote experiential learning outcomes with administrative, alumni and municipal support. • Consistency: 2x Winning Team Leader, Undergraduate Marketing Plan Competition (Fall 2009 & Spring 2010)

ADDITIONAL DISTINCTIONS • Volunteering on Due Diligence Team for Blue Tree Allied Angel Investors beginning January 2016 • Nashville’s 30 Under 30 (2016 Finalist) • MBA Math: perfect scores on all 21 modules in Finance, Statistics, Accounting and Excel (2015) • Mentor, Nashville Entrepreneur Center (2013-2014) • Managed private sales of Rosa Parks’s Estate, USS Sequoia, Black Star of Queensland, and Picasso’s Gemmaux • Curated $2.9 million worth of approved items across two auction events at Guernsey’s Auction House ROB SOUTHERN 2317 Sherbrook St 617.686.4973 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 [email protected]

EDUCATION

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Pittsburgh, PA Master of Business Administration – MBA GMAT: 710/800 5/17 • Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Finance, Organizational Behavior • Honors : James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow, Students in Entrepreneurial Studies Scholarship • Memberships: Graduate Entrepreneurship Club, Graduate Finance Association

EMORY UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA Bachelor of Arts in Political Science GPA: 3.7/4.0 5/05 • Honors: Dean’s List

EXPERIENCE

LUCID DESIGN GROUP (VC-backed software firm developing an for buildings) Oakland, CA Director of Operations reporting to VP of Customer Success 7/14 – 6/15 Managing People & Growth • Led client services team consisting of 10 direct reports; improved employee Net Promotor Score by 20%. • Hired eight new employees and mentored entry-level and senior employees from diverse backgrounds during period of rapid growth (company raised $10M+ in VC and doubled headcount from 35 to 70 in one year). Building Organizational Capacity • Reorganized three operational teams to ensure functional alignment during rapid growth, resulting in reduced response times, more rapid on-boarding, and increased customer satisfaction. • Established new processes and metrics across multiple functions to enable performance management. • Built collaborative and lasting relationships with Sales, Product, and Engineering teams. • Supervised multiple functions including project management, hardware and software integration, and application support and data quality.

HEALTHCPA (Privately held firm providing software-enabled claims advocacy for patients) San Mateo, CA Operations & Account Management reporting to co-founders 2/14 – 6/14 Strategic and Operational Support for Executives • Analyzed patient financial data to extract insights and illustrate HealthCPA efficacy to prospective clients. • Identified and implemented scalable VoIP phone system to support growing distributed workforce.

ENERNOC (VC-backed firm providing technology-enabled energy management solutions) Boston, MA Energy Markets Region Lead (7/10 – 6/13) reporting to Senior Director of Energy Markets 2/07 – 6/13 Energy Markets Specialist (7/08 – 7/10) reporting to Senior Manager of Energy Markets Energy Markets Associate (2/07 – 7/08) reporting to Manager of Energy Markets Portfolio Management • Managed four analysts responsible for P&Ls of 10 regional demand response programs, representing a total of $85+MM in annual revenue and including the company’s second largest region. • Developed methodologies for analyzing energy consumption data across thousands of commercial & industrial end-users to optimize revenue and margin while minimizing financial, operational, and compliance risk. • Provided financial projections and strategic guidance on energy market opportunities and risks to CEO, President, and CFO, directly influencing investments of capital and human resources. • Member of Financial Operations leadership team responsible for developing and tracking of operational metrics during sustained rapid growth (company grew annual revenues from ~$30M to $300M+ and increased headcount from ~150 to 750+ in six years).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Awards: EnerNOC Leadership Excellence Award (nominated by management, selected by co-founders) • Expertise: Team building, professional mentorship & development, process design and improvement • Interests: Travel (visited three countries, ten states, and five national parks in Fall & Winter 2013), golf, brewing beer, rock climbing, amateur woodworking, wood-smoked BBQ